Thirty years later, Lord Buckethead was at it again, trying – and failing – to unseat the prime minister of the day, Theresa May. A recent national poll found one-third of Britons wanted the comedy character to win, against just one-fifth for Mr. Farage. There is added irony in that Mr. Farage has brought this upon himself. A pop star in the 1960s, Mr. Sutch campaigned under the slogan “Vote for insanity. Four years ago, a newspaper bought a lettuce and wagered that it would last longer than the then-new prime minister, Liz Truss.